Dec 18, 2010
Dec 13, 2010
I Heart Faces Challenge: Pet Faces
The challenge this week is “pet faces.” When I saw what the topic was I immediately though of this photo.
My horse Dundee can be hilarious!
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Dec 10, 2010
horses
I was having fun with my camera the other night (which is now quite a while ago)….here’s the results!
Dundee:
Deja vu!
Arching his neck and showing off!
Loving the backlight!
Jack:
What eyes!
In color and black and white…..which do you like better?
Dundee & Jack:
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Dec 8, 2010
Dec 6, 2010
i heart faces challenge: self portrait
It’s been a while since I’ve done any i heart faces challenges. So here’s a self portrait!
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Sep 4, 2010
it’s been a while….fun at the Wisconsin state fair!
It’s been a busy August with all the preparation for State and County Fair. That would explain why my last post was July 20th! It’s been a fun August as well though. So without further ado….here’s what I’ve been keeping busy with: Here I am getting my Holstein heifer, Olivia, ready to show. The Wisconsin State Fair has the distinction of being
the largest Junior Dairy show anywhere! A typical age class of Holsteins (lets say a summer yearlings, which is from June 1st
to August 31st) will be split into at least two groups further divided by age, and in just one of those two age groups there
can be 40(!) heifers!
Here we are ready to enter the ring! One thing I have never been able to understand is why they have dairy exhibitors
wear white pants when the show. They are extremely hard to keep clean, especially for someone as messy as me!
Olivia is quite the little “prima donna” and loves to show off. I think she knows her speckles are very eye-catching.
Here we are in the show ring. We placed in the red ribbon group. (There are four ribbons, blue, red, white, and pink,
and each in that order). I was pretty happy with that; though it’s always nice to get a Blue. The judge admired her
straight topline but said she needed to have more openness of rib and carry a little less condition to get into the blue group.
Here’s a view of people waiting to enter the show ring.
My brother Ethan showed a heifer named Alandra and they placed at the top of the white group.
My cousin Katie did exceptionally well showing her calf, Nyssa. They placed third in their class, earning a blue ribbon.
They did really well in Showmanship too, placing third out of eighty in her age division.
As always, State Fair was lots of fun!
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Jul 20, 2010
i heart faces challenge: “over my Head”
I tried being a little creative with the theme this week. What’s over my head is this shot? The camera!
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Jul 7, 2010
Jul 6, 2010
I heart faces challenge: teens only
Here’s my photo for the teen’s only photo challenge at i heart faces. It’s of a teen and by a teen, me!
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Jul 4, 2010
glacier!
We’re back from our vacation in Montana and I haven’t updated this blog in a while, so here’s a photo from our trip!
It’s from the Iceberg Lake Trail, Many Glacier, Glacier National Park, Montana.
…and here’s a panorama from the Iceberg Lake Trail!
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Jun 21, 2010
Jun 19, 2010
kittens!
Skittles, a cat at our farm, had kittens about three weeks ago. They are really cute right now. She had them in
an unused calf hut, taking advantage of the nice straw bedding. By the way, they are looking for a home!
This is Tootsie. He’s a boy too.
Here’s another boy, Snickerdoodles.
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